Dimi Paun wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 10:47 -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
>> It'd be nice to have the best of both worlds,
>> i.e. a wiki backed by git, and written
>> in such a way that users who preferred to avoid
>> online editing could use git to edit
>> it locally, using an easy local preview tool,
>> with strong formatting capabilities (like html)
>> instead of the unhappy situation we have now,
>> where formatting is an unreliable mystery.
>> Yes, I've been dreaming for a long time after such
> a system. There is a wiki out there that uses git
> as backend, I forget the name now. But they need
> more maturing. As for formatting, you don't want
> to be too crazy, HTML is powerful but also verbose,
> a wiki needs terse syntax, and that often comes
> at the expense of seldom used formatting power.
> That being said, I agree that it could be done a
> bit better than what we have now.
Make no mistake, what we have now is crap. It's a shame we show it to
users when it's so laden with display bugs.
>>> The other good thing about our wiki is that it
>> has very good uptime and performance
>> (thanks Dimi).
>> Thank you Dan, I'm really glad to see people
> use it, and they enjoy the experience. My hope
> is that it will become even better going forward.
>
The wiki is still, however, amazingly awesome. Thank you, you're really
on top of it :)
Thanks,
Scott Ritchie